Sirât

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Sirât

Mar 23 2026 | 00:03:25

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Show Notes

A man searching for his runaway daughter joins a group of misfits on a journey through the desert and mountains of Morocco. When considering the subject of a world in turmoil, and on the brink of disaster, we may want a film to give us temporary escape, or it might try to sublimate our pain and fear in order to invoke transcendence of some kind. But in some rare cases, a filmmaker will choose to face the crisis head on, with results that are always challenging. That’s the method Spanish director Óliver Laxe has chosen for his new film Sirât.…

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